#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 20:42:02 -0400 From: Andrew@lyonap.force9.co.uk Subject: k/knight_chris/summer_of_75.crd >Summer of '75 >by: Chris Knight (Written by Chris Knight, Sam Tate & Annie Tate) >CD: Chris Knight > > >Intro: A F#m D A > >A F#m >In the lamp light on Locust Street, with the party far behind >D A >No sound but the beat of her heart and mine > A F#m >The smell of her hair was my first breath, and her lips were my first >kiss >D A >And my first step was a headlong dive > > E A D >I couldn't keep myself from falling, so she taught me to fly > A E D >And I was born in the summer of '75 > >A F#m >In the morning light she wore my coat, and all I wanted to know >D A >Was she trembling from the feeling or the cold >A F#m >As the sleepy small town came to life, I saw the answer in her eyes >D A >And knew I'd always have her hand to hold > > E A D >Now somethings don't need saying, you just feel 'em deep inside > A E D >The way I felt in the summer of '75 > > E D A >Now all that seems like yesterday, how the time slips away > F#m A >The blinding speed will leave you feeling cold > E D A >So when I feel the hands of time tugging at this life of mine > F#m D E >I reach for the warmest thing to hold > >A F#m D A > >A F#m >A light still shines on Locust Street, somewhere back in time > D A >And I wake up to the beat of her heart and mine > A F#m >And I reach out and touch her hair, just to know that she's still there >D A >And the dream I had is still by my side > > E A D >I might not make church on Sunday, but I thank the Lord each night > A E D >That I was born in the summer of '75 > A E D >Yeah, I was born in the summer of '75 >